diff --git a/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManager.php b/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManager.php
index 3dcbef6511..89a7a913ab 100644
--- a/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManager.php
+++ b/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManager.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Core\Storage\Repository;
 
 use Exception;
+use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -79,11 +80,12 @@ class StorageManager
 	 * @param IManageConfigValues $config
 	 * @param LoggerInterface     $logger
 	 * @param L10n                $l10n
+	 * @param bool                $includeAddon (DEVELOP ONLY) Used for testing only - avoids loading addons because of DB direct access
 	 *
 	 * @throws InvalidClassStorageException in case the active backend class is invalid
 	 * @throws StorageException in case of unexpected errors during the active backend class loading
 	 */
-	public function __construct(Database $dba, IManageConfigValues $config, LoggerInterface $logger, L10n $l10n)
+	public function __construct(Database $dba, IManageConfigValues $config, LoggerInterface $logger, L10n $l10n, bool $includeAddon = true)
 	{
 		$this->dba           = $dba;
 		$this->config        = $config;
@@ -93,6 +95,13 @@ class StorageManager
 
 		$currentName = $this->config->get('storage', 'name');
 
+		/// @fixme Loading the addons & hooks here is really bad practice, but solves https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/11178
+		/// clean solution = Making Addon & Hook dynamic and load them inside the constructor, so there's no custom load logic necessary anymore
+		if ($includeAddon) {
+			Addon::loadAddons();
+			Hook::loadHooks();
+		}
+
 		// you can only use user backends as a "default" backend, so the second parameter is true
 		$this->currentBackend = $this->getWritableStorageByName($currentName);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManagerTest.php b/tests/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManagerTest.php
index 6e36821892..c387e265bf 100644
--- a/tests/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Storage/Repository/StorageManagerTest.php
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Factory\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Repository;
 use Friendica\Core\Storage\Type;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClient;
 use Friendica\Test\DatabaseTest;
 use Friendica\Test\Util\Database\StaticDatabase;
 use Friendica\Test\Util\VFSTrait;
@@ -61,8 +60,6 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 	private $logger;
 	/** @var L10n */
 	private $l10n;
-	/** @var HttpClient */
-	private $httpRequest;
 
 	protected function setUp(): void
 	{
@@ -92,8 +89,6 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 		$this->config->set('storage', 'filesystem_path', $this->root->getChild(Type\FilesystemConfig::DEFAULT_BASE_FOLDER)->url());
 
 		$this->l10n = \Mockery::mock(L10n::class);
-
-		$this->httpRequest = \Mockery::mock(HttpClient::class);
 	}
 
 	protected function tearDown(): void
@@ -108,7 +103,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 	 */
 	public function testInstance()
 	{
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, $this->httpRequest);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		self::assertInstanceOf(StorageManager::class, $storageManager);
 	}
@@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 			$this->config->set('storage', 'name', $name);
 		}
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		if ($interface === ICanWriteToStorage::class) {
 			$storage = $storageManager->getWritableStorageByName($name);
@@ -190,7 +185,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 	 */
 	public function testIsValidBackend($name, $valid, $interface, $assert, $assertName)
 	{
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		// true in every of the backends
 		self::assertEquals(!empty($assertName), $storageManager->isValidBackend($name));
@@ -204,7 +199,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 	 */
 	public function testListBackends()
 	{
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		self::assertEquals(StorageManager::DEFAULT_BACKENDS, $storageManager->listBackends());
 	}
@@ -220,7 +215,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 			static::markTestSkipped('only works for ICanWriteToStorage');
 		}
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		$selBackend = $storageManager->getWritableStorageByName($name);
 		$storageManager->setBackend($selBackend);
@@ -240,7 +235,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 			$this->expectException(InvalidClassStorageException::class);
 		}
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		self::assertInstanceOf($assert, $storageManager->getBackend());
 	}
@@ -261,7 +256,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 			->addRule(IHandleSessions::class, ['instanceOf' => Memory::class, 'shared' => true, 'call' => null]);
 		DI::init($dice);
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		self::assertTrue($storageManager->register(SampleStorageBackend::class));
 
@@ -289,7 +284,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 			->addRule(IHandleSessions::class, ['instanceOf' => Memory::class, 'shared' => true, 'call' => null]);
 		DI::init($dice);
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 
 		self::assertTrue($storageManager->register(SampleStorageBackend::class));
 
@@ -328,7 +323,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 
 		$this->loadFixture(__DIR__ . '/../../../../datasets/storage/database.fixture.php', $this->dba);
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 		$storage        = $storageManager->getWritableStorageByName($name);
 		$storageManager->move($storage);
 
@@ -352,7 +347,7 @@ class StorageManagerTest extends DatabaseTest
 		$this->expectException(InvalidClassStorageException::class);
 		$this->expectExceptionMessage('Backend SystemResource is not valid');
 
-		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n);
+		$storageManager = new StorageManager($this->dba, $this->config, $this->logger, $this->l10n, false);
 		$storage        = $storageManager->getWritableStorageByName(SystemResource::getName());
 		$storageManager->move($storage);
 	}